Assistant Director, Finance

Embrace your passion for hiking, skiing, snowboarding and many other outdoor activities in Banff National Park while pursuing a fulfilling career at Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise. Take a risk, make a change and experience a new adventure while further developing your career. To live and work in a National Park is a once in a lifetime opportunity.  Our team is a network of empowered individuals with a strong sense of themselves and the hospitality industry. Work hard, play hard and receive extraordinary benefits including subsidized onsite accommodations, which make saving money very easy to manage. Join our Fairmont family today!

At Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, our financial operations thrive with the commitment of Colleagues and Leaders who model our values of Respect, Integrity, Teamwork and Empowerment. Showcase your leadership and numerical strengths as Assistant Director, Finance and Business, where your accuracy and attention to detail will inspire the same qualities in your team members.

Summary of Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Director, Finance & Business Support responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Assist the Director, Finance and Business Support in ensuring that accounting staff understand and follow applicable policies and procedures outlined in the hotel Finance & Accounting Policies and Procedures Manual.
• Oversee day-to-day operations of accounting department to ensure smooth, effective and efficient daily work practices.
• Work under the guidance of director, of Finance and Business to support and develop departmental performance of staff through training and performance feedback
• Develop key relationships with respective department Heads and senior managers to provide financial support and understanding of short and long term financial plans.
• Assist in reviewing financial performance of department/area, analysis of variances, forecasts and budgets. Challenge existing strategies and recommend alternate strategies
• Supervise, conduct and prepare month-end account reconciliations, account analysis and closing procedures.
• Prepare and post journal entries, ensuring efficient completion of all month-end functions.
• Maintain system of accounts and controls, providing accurate data necessary for all required accounting reports and statements.
• Verify the accuracy of all Income Audit transactions and ensure daily revenue and rebate summary is reconciled.
• Co-ordinate and ensure that all daily management reports are issued on a timely and accurate basis.
• Administer financial component of concession leases, ensuring accurate monthly and annual reporting and reconciliation of all rents due to hotel operations and corporate office.
• Lead the Internal Audit committee and support Director of Finance in ensuring all divisions exceed the corporate & regional audit score targets.
• Assist with and help with Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable and Cashier.
• Assist in ensuring all balance sheet accounts are reconciled on a monthly basis
• Assist in the preparation of financial operating statements and reports in accordance with Finance and Accounting Policy and Procedure.
• Assist in the creation of the Annual Operating Budget and Strategic Plan.
• Assist in the creation of the Monthly Rolling Operating Forecast.
• Assist in the effective utilization and integration of hotel and accounting technology systems, including software applications, current and future.
• Act as a Trust Officer for the hotel.
• Represent the accounting office and the Director of Finance in their absence.
• Actively contribute to hotel overall leadership and direction.
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